1/32 F-18e
This is the 1/32 Trumpeter kit. The model went together well. I really cant complain about fit.
Parts added:
Rhino intakes (great fit)
Seat from legend
Bombs from the trumpeter tomcat
Items "fixed":
The vent holes in the back [...]
iModeler Aviation
Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
HobbyCraft 148th P-59b Airacomet
This is reluctant robot a P-59 Airacomet used for researching unmanned flight in 1946, it later resulted in drones, than UAVs
SPECIAL HOBBY V-173 Flying Pancake 148th
the V-173 was designed to test the charactoristics of short take off and landings (STOL) for the U S Navy there was only one built and it resides in the national air and space museum sorry some the pictures are a little blury, having [...]
1/48 Liberator GR.VI, RAF Coastal Command…
This one goes way back to at least 1978, so I built it at least 36 years ago, when we lived in the City. This is from the Monogram 1/48 B-24J kit.
It depicts Consolidated Liberator GR.VI, “O-Orange”, of No. 220 Squadron, RAF Coastal [...]
D Day build stopping the Beaufighter (lost interest) going to build this L4 Grasshopper..fast
Needed a fresh start I still have time so here we go!
Monogram AC-47 Spooky gunship 148th
The AC-47 gunship was a test bed for the gun platform intended for AC-130 gunship. It was a devastating weapon. This Spooky replica has motorized props as well as an LED interior, I tried some photos in the dark but they are not coming [...]
Tamiya F4U-1 corsair
VF-17 Jollyrogers US Navy Built out of box with the exception of lead foil seat belts
Monogram 1/48 B-25J
This is the first of the Monogram medium bombers I've finished. I have to say the quality of the kits during this era was and still is very nice! I've built the B-29 a couple of times and the B-17 and they're all fun builds! (I also have [...]
Airfix Su-27 "Flanker"
Up to a few years ago, this was regarded as the most accurate Flanker in 1/72nd scale by many modellers. There was the Hasegawa kit which although much superior in build quality and surface detail, had some terrible inaccuracies. I built [...]
1/48 Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXc
This is 1/48 Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXc finished with the markings of ML296, DU-N flown by F/Lt Otto Smik, No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, North Weald AB, Late August, 1944. Eduard s Profipack kit was the prize of iModeler Best in Show – [...]
